Macbeth was portrayed by Shakespeare as someone who has a very good heart that was easily corrupted by evil. Thus, it would not be right for anyone to judge Macbeth as someone who is evil just because he has caused harm to the king or just because he later on did evil acts such as committing more murders. That he has, in fact, a moral conscience that guides his actions and that killing the king was something that he perceived as a naturally immoral act. This constant nag of conscience shown in the story depicted that Macbeth was naturally a good man. Thus, it was understood that his conscience kept on haunting him that he has "killed sleep". Nonetheless, on the night that he killed the king, he could not sleep. He would not be so trusted if he were not good with swords and killing. He was a great warrior who was used to taking away lives of people in the battlefield. Being so, he was committed to defending the king and be his loyal servant. Nevertheless, since the vision of being a king and having all the power in their mind seemed attractive, they later decided that the king must really die. In the beginning, the two were wary of bringing the king to his death. Evil in the sense that she was the one who came up with the idea that Macbeth must kill Duncan who was the king. Lady Macbeth who is Macbeth's wife was also a kind woman who driven by greed had become someone evil.
As the story unfolds, the prophecy seemed to come true thus, Macbeth believes that it is his destiny to become a king as the prophecy tells. This prophecy was given to him at the beginning of the story. The story revolves on the process by which Macbeth had tried to fulfill the prophecy by the witches concerning his becoming a king. Macbeth's character was illustrated in the Shakespearean tragic poem as a man of honor and greatness that was later on tarnished because of greed and too much ambition.
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